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I've got this roomate...
Flyingman
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Now I couldn't afford my part of the bond when we moved out, so he covered me and then told me I owed him. Time went on and my financial position didn't get better, after rent/bills/groceries I was pretty much left with nothing. My girlfriend moved in with me as well, I was sick for two weeks and she covered my rent for those weeks, she was great.
Now this roomate, would eat all the food I bought, leave piles of dishes and put plastic bags next to the bin when the bin was full. He would steal shit out of our room and break shit left, right and center. Now the bond is coming back and as far as I'm concerned it's all said and done. But now he's trying to claim that he covered for me on several other occasions where I was short on rent money and whatnot. But I can never remember this happening, the only time anyone covered for me was when I was sick.
He wants to go all legal, but I'm totally convinced that he's a stealing dick and doesn't have a case. He wants a mere $415, that may not seem like much but I'm a student working as a bartender, so that's a little under a week's pay for me. How do I tell him to "fuck off" and make it stick? He is constantly harassing me and my girlfriend and we really need to get rid of him, worst thing is his parents are rich and he doesn't need any extra cash.
Now this roomate, would eat all the food I bought, leave piles of dishes and put plastic bags next to the bin when the bin was full. He would steal shit out of our room and break shit left, right and center. Now the bond is coming back and as far as I'm concerned it's all said and done. But now he's trying to claim that he covered for me on several other occasions where I was short on rent money and whatnot. But I can never remember this happening, the only time anyone covered for me was when I was sick.
He wants to go all legal, but I'm totally convinced that he's a stealing dick and doesn't have a case. He wants a mere $415, that may not seem like much but I'm a student working as a bartender, so that's a little under a week's pay for me. How do I tell him to "fuck off" and make it stick? He is constantly harassing me and my girlfriend and we really need to get rid of him, worst thing is his parents are rich and he doesn't need any extra cash.
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If you didn't, I understand that he was a dick and blew a lot of your money through breaking shit and eating your food, but unless that stuff was strictly documented I can't see you saying "well our lifestyle pretty much evened out my debt towards him".
Well see he just got the money back, as we left the place and the bond money gets returned to him. But he's convinced that I owe him more, but that shit is NOT documented.
sounds like you still owe him money to me, unless at some point you said "hey, if you keep eating my food, i'm taking it out of the money I owe you".
edit: ok, sounds like you don't owe him, I guess.
You do owe him for the bond though, even if he damaged previous property. You borrowed money from him and said you would repay it back. It doesn't matter what you may feel he owes you and what makes you even.
So just tell him you'll pay him for the bond and that's it.
Yeah, sorry didn't realize that.
So you're all squared away then. Let him take you to court if he wants, it'll be his burden to prove that he owes you money then.
If he covered portions of your rent or something then that will be a different matter.